What is the main definition of excretion?
Which organ is responsible for deamination of excess amino acids
Which blood vessel brings oxygenated blood and waste products to the kidney?
What is the functional unit of the kidney where filtration takes place?
Which hormone controls the water content of the blood by acting on the collecting ducts?
What happens to the skin blood vessels when your body temperature is too high?
What is homeostasis?
Where is urea formed in the human body, and from what substance is it derived?
What is the name of the process in the liver that breaks down excess amino acids to form ammonia?
In which blood vessel of a healthy human is the lowest concentration of urea found?
What is the main purpose of a negative feedback loop in the human body?
Which of the following processes is a classic example of a negative feedback mechanism?
If blood glucose concentration rises too high after a meal, which hormone is released and what is its effect?
What is the correct sequence of components in a negative feedback loop?
Which part of the brain controls body temperature?
What happens when body temperature rises above normal?
How does sweating help cool the body down?
What is vasoconstriction?
Why is temperature control an example of negative feedback?
During deamination of an amino acid, what are the two main parts split by the liver enzymes?
Which statement correctly describes the cause of Type 1 diabetes?
This refers to the maintenance of a constant internal environment.
This is a hormone excreted by the pancreas, which increases blood glucose concentration.
This refers to the hormone secreted by the pancreas to reduce glucose concentration in the blood.
Refers to the normal value or range of values for a particular parameter- for example the normal body temperature.
This refers to structure found in the skin of mammals, which secretes a watery fluid onto the skin surface to reduce body temperature.
This refers to the naarowing of blood vessels, caused by the contraction of muscle in their walls.
This refers to the removal of waste products of metabolism and substances in excess of requirements.
This refers to the removal of the nitrogen containing part of amino acids to form urea.
This refers to little network of blood capillaries, where the blood is filtered in the kidney.
Explain what deamination is, and where it happens.
Discuss how does pancreas and liver regulate excess blood glucose and low blood glucose to get to normal.
Describe how does our body reacts when temperature falls. Use the following words; erector muscle, contract, hairs, constrict, cappillaries, arterioles, metabolism)
Describe how does our body reacts when temperature rise. Use the following words; erector muscle, vasodilation, hairs, cappillaries, arterioles, metabolism, sweat)
Explain why defecation is not considered excretion, while exhaling carbon dioxide is classified as a form of excretion.